Robert E. Helpern

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Robert E. Helpern is a founding partner and co-chair of the firm's Real Estate practice. For more than thirty years, Bob has leveraged his legal experience to identify key issues and craft creative solutions for clients including real estate funds, banks, developers, owners of commercial and multi-family properties, and tenants. Bob has been involved in acquisitions and sales, leasing, joint ventures, mortgage and mezzanine financing, and restructuring of debt. Representative clients include one of the largest owner/developers of shopping centers in the United States, one of the largest New York City hospitals, and private equity funds managed by former real estate partners from major law firms.

Bob has been selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 every year that selections were made.

Education

LawSchool:

New York University School of Law, 1970, JD

Honors: Editor, Law Review

College:

Brown University, 1967, BA

Memberships

Professional:

New York State Bar Association, Committee on Financing and Liens (1984 1992)

Board of Advisors, Furman Institute for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University School of Law

Civic:

Trustee of National Jewish Health

Member of the Board of the Fund to Cure Asthma

Former Member of the Board of Directors and President of the Five Towns United Way

Former Member of the Board of Directors and President of The Seawane Club

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Biography

Robert E. Helpern is a founding partner and co-chair of the firm's Real Estate practice. For more than thirty years, Bob has leveraged his legal experience to identify key issues and craft creative solutions for clients including real estate funds, banks, developers, owners of commercial and multi-family properties, and tenants. Bob has been involved in acquisitions and sales, leasing, joint ventures, mortgage and mezzanine financing, and restructuring of debt. Representative clients include one of the largest owner/developers of shopping centers in the United States, one of the largest New York City hospitals, and private equity funds managed by former real estate partners from major law firms.

Bob has been selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 every year that selections were made.

Education

LawSchool:

New York University School of Law, 1970, JD

Honors: Editor, Law Review

College:

Brown University, 1967, BA

Memberships

Professional:

New York State Bar Association, Committee on Financing and Liens (1984 1992)

Board of Advisors, Furman Institute for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University School of Law

Civic:

Trustee of National Jewish Health

Member of the Board of the Fund to Cure Asthma

Former Member of the Board of Directors and President of the Five Towns United Way

Former Member of the Board of Directors and President of The Seawane Club

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